18 Mar 2022, 13:41 Julian Wettengel International Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The climate crisis and its effects on people¡¯s lives around the world will be at the heart of the National Security Strategy being developed by the German government, said ...
18 Jul 2023, 13:46 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Lower liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchases by China may become a boon for Germany¡¯s supply of the fossil fuel in the coming winter season, business daily Handelsblatt reported. In ...
30 Nov 2018, 15:02 Julian Wettengel Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Climate & CO2 International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany will not leave developing countries alone in dealing with climate protection and adaptation to climate change, said German environment ...
28 Nov 2018, 16:19 Benjamin Wehrmann Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Wind Technology International Stiftung Offshore Wind Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Together with international partners, the German economy and energy ministry (BMWi) has initiated a project to study the removal of ...
06 Dec 2023, 13:27 Milou Dirkx Society EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Action against climate change ranks among the topics people in Germany want the European Parliament to prioritise, according to the? latest Eurobarometer survey. Climate action and EU defence are ...
10 Mar 2022, 13:22 S?ren Amelang International EU The European Parliament and the EU member states must insist on improvements to the European Commission's insufficient plans for emission reduction to rapidly make the bloc more independent from ...
22 Feb 2022, 16:45 Many German politicians, business associations, and environmental NGOs have welcomed the government's decisions to halt the contentious gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 following Russian aggression towards Ukraine. Against the backdrop ...
The US states, cities, companies, and civil society actors that have confirmed their unwavering support for international climate action despite the US administration¡¯s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement ¡°gives courage¡± to everyone adhering to ...
20 Dec 2023, 10:40 Money that Germany has earmarked for climate action should be spent on projects that have a direct impact on key sectors, says Claudia Kemfert from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW). The economist warns against cross ...
11 Apr 2019, 12:56 Julian Wettengel Finance International ICIJ / Urgewald The World Bank is touting investments in solar parks and other climate-friendly projects ?but has continued to finance oil and gas exploration, pipelines and refineries that ...
16 Mar 2021, 17:30 Germany¡¯s foreign minister Heiko Maas and economy minister Peter Altmaier have called for closer global cooperation in key energy transition areas, such as green hydrogen, to help the world reach ambitious climate targets. As renewable ...
11 Oct 2017, 00:00 Germany¡¯s environment ministry fears high emissions from coal-fired power plants and transport will make the country miss its 2020 climate targets by a wider margin than previously anticipated. The ministry¡¯s warning adds further ...
08 Mar 2022, 13:30 Benjamin Wehrmann International Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / The Guardian / CNN German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected calls for immediately ending all energy trading with Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. ¡°Europe¡¯s ...
11 May 2023, 13:11 Edgar Meza Policy Security Handelsblatt / Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Economy minister Robert Habeck has warned against over-reliance on China and called for the broadening of supply chains while reassessing ¡°the opportunities and risks of our ...
22 Jul 2020, 13:32 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Cars International manager magazin / Reuters Car-makers Volkswagen and Ford say that a legal battle between two South Korean battery manufacturers in the United States could hamper the production of ...
18 Feb 2019, 13:28 Expert VW- Volkswagen Transport Cars Rachel Waldholz Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Climate & CO2 Cars Business & Jobs Der Spiegel / Electrek / Bloomberg Volkswagen plans to introduce an internal CO2 levy in a drive to reduce the ...
30 Nov 2023, 13:10 Edgar Meza Renewables EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ In order to increase the market share of European manufacturers in the renewable energy sector, wind turbines and photovoltaic (PV) roof systems could receive more funding if they are produced ...
27 Jun 2023, 09:42 Julian Wettengel Resources & Recycling EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Bloomberg Ministers from France, Italy and Germany have agreed on closer cooperation on the extraction, processing and recycling of critical raw materials needed for ...
29 Nov 2023, 13:36 Carolina Kyllmann Policy EU Table.Media The consequences of Germany's current budget struggles will have implications on the European Union, but the extent of the impact will depend on decisions taken by the ruling coalition ...
09 Nov 2020, 14:57 European leaders, researchers and media commentators breathed a collective sigh of relief following Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential elections and expressed hope for a new partnership on combating climate change. The news ...
Religious groups and organisations are becoming increasingly influential in international climate policy, according to research presented at the University of M¨¹nster (WWU). ¡°They have established themselves as non-governmental actors at the UN climate ...
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28 Jun 2024, 12:00 Carolina Kyllmann Julian Wettengel Associated Press: Von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas endorsed for the EU¡¯s top jobs European Union leaders have agreed on the officials who will lead the EU¡¯s powerful executive branch. News agency AP ...
06 Aug 2021, 13:21 Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics Tagesschau The regional list of Germany¡¯s Green Party will be excluded from the ballot in the state of Saarland during the national election, the federal election committee announced on 5 ...
21 Oct 2021, 13:24 Expert BUND- Friends of the Earth Germany Bund f¨¹r Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Charlotte Nijhuis Mobility Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / dpa Several environmental organisations are calling for an immediate end to short ...
China, Germany, Denmark, Mexico and other countries plan to form an international Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Transition Coalition this year ¡°for accelerating the transition to a sustainable energy future¡±, writes International Renewable Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Agency (IRENA) in a press ...
The German government's coalition agreement is a major missed opportunity to realign German climate policy with the Paris Agreement, Niklas H?hne writes in a blog for the New Climate Institute, translated to English for Climate Home. In scrapping the ...
07 May 2021, 12:01 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Julian Wettengel Renewable Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Act | EEG Cost & Prices Clean ...
06 May 2021, 13:06 Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Sectors of German industry are struggling with rising carbon prices and demanding help from the government, which has made CO2 pricing a key part of its climate protection ...
26 Aug 2021, 10:15 International partners can be assured that Germany¡¯s next government coalition after the September election will not veer far off course of the country¡¯s current climate and energy policy, says government advisor and director of two ...
27 Jun 2023, 12:06 Julian Wettengel Gas Handelsblatt The European Commission (EC) has concerns over Germany¡¯s economy ministry plans to create incentives for the construction of new?gas-fired power plants with a combined capacity of about 25 gigawatt (GW) ...
18 Aug 2022, 14:15 Benjamin Wehrmann EU Security Der Tagesspiegel The European energy crisis caused by Russia¡¯s war on Ukraine has created the right environment for ¡°finally and forcefully implementing a Europeanisation of energy and climate policy,¡± ...
07 Dec 2023, 13:16 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Cost & Prices WirtschaftsWoche German finance minister Christian Lindner has questioned the need for generous state support to attract investments in future industries, such as battery, hydrogen or ...
04 Jan 2024, 12:51 Germany¡¯s greenhouse gas emissions fell around ten percent last year to the lowest level since around 1950, as a weak economy and high prices caused energy-intensive industry to lower production and electricity generation from coal ...
16 May 2019, 13:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Finance Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany¡¯s Chancellor Angela Merkel says the need for a reform of financial markets along sustainability criteria is one of the most pressing challenges the sector is facing. ...
15 Jan 2021, 12:50 Charlotte Nijhuis Finance Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / S¨¹ddeutsche Zeitung / dpa Germany¡¯s largest insurance company Allianz has set a new interim target for the restructuring of 800 billion euros in investments, the company announced in a press ...
08 Jun 2021, 13:20 Julian Wettengel International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Governments across the world have to make the 2020s the ¡°decade of sustainability¡±, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the 20th annual conference of the German Council for ...
05 Feb 2024, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The European Union could achieve an ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 90 percent by 2040, compared to 1990, but the bloc must "consistently" implement the ...
10 Dec 2018, 14:04 Benjamin Wehrmann Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The Federation of German Industries (BDI) has urged delegates at the UN climate conference COP24 in Poland to ensure progress is made in ...
16 Jul 2019, 13:11 Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ With European cooperation and an ¡°appropriate design¡± of climate policy, the seemingly diverging calls for change by French yellow vests ...
03 May 2023, 12:02 Julian Wettengel Industry Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Reuters / Handelsblatt / Merkur German chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and finance minister Christian Lindner (FDP) have criticised plans by the economy ministry to subsidise ...
15 Feb 2019, 12:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Climate & CO2 International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany¡¯s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has set out on a tour of South and Central America that retraces the steps of the famous 19th?century ...
11 Jan 2023, 12:21 Julian Wettengel Digitalisation Tagesspiegel Background A lack of IT specialists is becoming a cyber security risk for German energy industry companies, reports newsletter service Tagesspiegel Background Cybersecurity. ¡°Electricity grid ...
04 Aug 2022, 14:05 Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate & CO2 Society Expert Greenpeace Germany Greenpeace Deutschland Climate & CO2 Hannah Naylor EU Security RND / Deutschlandfunk / Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ NGOs ...
02 Jul 2020, 13:00 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Kerstine Appunn Society Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The government must make ...
Local financial benefits of a community-owned wind farm are eight times greater compared to one run by international firms, a study by the Institute for Distributed Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Technologies (IdE) has found. International firms give fewer contracts to local ...
02 Aug 2022, 13:42 Hannah Naylor EU Security Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Poland¡¯s president Andrzej Duda has condemned Germany¡¯s past insistence on remaining invested in Russian energy sources, arguing previous chancellor Angela Merkel had repeatedly ...
02 Oct 2024, 13:00 Germany¡¯s three-party coalition government is increasingly fractured following a federal budget crisis and painful defeats in several elections, casting a shadow over the progress of the country¡¯s energy transition. Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ industry and ...
07 Dec 2022, 12:44 Expert dena- German Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Renewables Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Agency¡¯s (IEA) latest report on renewable ...
07 Mar 2023, 12:25 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Freight dpa Germany¡¯s postal service Deutsche Post has called for mandatory labelling of the CO2 footprint of parcels sent by parcel services to inform customers, reports news agency dpa. Such a ...
15 May 2024, 12:33 Jack McGovan Transport EUElections2024 EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Rail travel should be the focus of legislative and investment decisions in the aftermath of the 2024 EU elections, an alliance of rail industry and NGOs said in an open letter ...
A joint report by the International Renewable Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Agency and the International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Agency, on investment needed by 2050 to transform the world¡¯s energy supply in line with Paris Climate Agreement targets, shows competing visions of a clean energy ...
29 Nov 2018, 16:26 Julian Wettengel Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Climate & CO2 International G20 & G7 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The German government wants to build on last year¡¯s G20 final declaration regarding climate provisions, but the outcome of ...
26 Mar 2024, 13:21 Julian Wettengel Cars Technology EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / NDR / NZZ German chancellor Olaf Scholz has hailed the start of construction of a battery cell factory by Swedish Northvolt in northern Germany for being "of strategic ...
14 Jun 2021, 12:27 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany will raise its federal budget contribution for international climate financing from the current four billion euros to six billion euros annually by 2025. The success of the ...
The climate change campaign group? 350.org ?has launched an international petition demanding an immediate stop to coal expansion and a rapid coal phase-out in Germany. ¡°This petition is being launched ahead of a highly anticipated coal phase-out proposal ...
12 Nov 2021, 18:24 With the goal to "keep 1.5¡ã within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris summit. The last official day has arrived and negotiations ...
10 Jun 2021, 13:49 S?ren Amelang Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Transport Hydrogen Heating Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ German industry has called on the government to include transport and heating in the hydrogen economy ramp-up. "Policymakers must not leave out the ...
06 Jun 2023, 12:59 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen Resources & Recycling dpa / Der Stern The lack of mineral resources could become a challenge for the planned ramp-up of hydrogen industry in Germany, Europe and worldwide, news agency dpa writes in an? ...
12 Dec 2022, 13:11 Carolina Kyllmann Renewables Hydrogen International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany has pledged at least 112 million euros to support Kenya in implementing ¡°its ambitious goal of switching entirely to renewable energy sources by 2030,¡± the ...
08 Feb 2023, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann Finance International Die Zeit The German and French economy ministers said ¡°substantial progress¡± has been made in talks about transparency and cooperation on green subsidies between the EU and the U.S during a visit ...
12 May 2020, 12:50 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the ...
18 Apr 2023, 13:01 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Welt Online / WirtschaftsWoche / Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Citing high energy costs, too much bureaucracy and a lack of skilled workers, the heads of industry associations have warned of a bleak future for Germany if ...
Germany has long ceased to be an ¡°exemplary student¡± in climate protection and turned into a ¡°coal-black sheep¡± of the international community, writes Konrad Schuller in the Sunday edition of conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. An ambitious ...
The city of Hamburg, host of this week¡¯s G20 summit, has joined the international network Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ, according to a press release. ¡°Cities and communities are key to reaching international climate targets. Especially after ...
31 Oct 2023, 13:37 Carolina Kyllmann Society EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Security and affordability is the top priority for the future young Europeans want, followed by a liveable planet and social justice, according to the Next Generations Study 2023 survey by ...
16 Oct 2019, 12:41 With a new sustainable finance strategy, Germany's government hopes to better align financial policies with climate targets and to ensure the country moves from a cautious to a more proactive role in the budding green finance ...
Nearly 100 civil society organisations from across the world ¨C including Greenpeace International, Banktrack, 250.org, Climate Action Network and E3G ¨C have sent a joint letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, urging her to intervene in the escalating ...
08 Sep 2023, 13:42 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Renewables G20 & G7 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany is advocating for an agreement on "a clear and concrete target" for the global expansion of renewables among the Group of Twenty (G20), said ...
25 Oct 2023, 12:51 Julian Wettengel Wind EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ German energy industry players have welcomed a European Union package of proposals to strengthen the bloc¡¯s wind power industry. The main goal of the measures in the package should be to ...
23 Apr 2019, 13:46 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Energiewende International Handelsblatt Despite EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic announcing this month that the European energy union has become reality, unifying Europe¡¯s big energy markets is more an ...
24 Oct 2023, 11:58 Julian Wettengel Renewables EU Spiegel / Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ German government coalition member and pro-business party FDP (Free Democratic Party) has criticised a proposal agreed by EU member state governments last week to make so-called ...
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is concerned about energy-related measures in the sanction proposals by the US against Russia, reports Ryan Heath for Politico. Juncker believes they could be used unfairly against European energy companies, ...
09 Dec 2022, 13:53 Carolina Kyllmann Coal Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Former coal regions in eastern Germany have secured a budget worth 1.44 billion euros for the renaturation of lignite mines over the next five years. The states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony ...
Changing the world¡¯s energy supply from fossil fuels to renewable sources would result in net economic gains, according to a study by the International Renewable Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Agency (IRENA) and the International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Agency (IEA). The agencies¡¯ study, ...
A price on CO? in Germany would bring a push in innovation from which German companies could profit in international competition, Ottmar Edenhofer, designated director of The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), told Spiegel in an ...
27 Aug 2019, 13:22 Expert EWI- Institute of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Economics at the University of Cologne Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universit?t zu K?ln Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices International Expert KfW Bank KfW- government ...
07 Jun 2024, 12:00 Right-wing populist parties opposed to climate action are gaining power and popularity across the European continent and are set to do well in the 2024 European Parliament elections. These parties strongly influence climate narratives ...
27 Apr 2021, 13:43 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the ...
05 Dec 2022, 13:45 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen Welt am Sonntag The German government is considering setting up a company with state participation to oversee the establishment of a national hydrogen network as part of the country¡¯s move to climate neutrality ...
23 Jan 2025, 10:30 Making German homes less climate-damaging and keeping them affordable for residents at the same time will be a central task for the country's next government. The heated controversy over a phaseout law for oil and gas boilers is ...
14 Jun 2022, 13:07 Edgar Meza G20 & G7 Science ministers of the G7 countries have agreed on a number of measures to promote greater climate change research, CO2 removal and protection of the ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus. A meeting in Frankfurt on ...
18 Jun 2019, 13:36 S?ren Amelang Renewables International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany trails China and the US in a global ranking of installed renewable power capacity. Excluding hydropower, capacity in Germany added up to 113 gigawatts (GW) in 2018, ...
19 Oct 2023, 13:16 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen EU Handelsblatt / Tagesspiegel Background One of Germany's major gas grid operators has joined the pipeline project "H2Med", which is set to transport hydrogen from the Iberian Peninsula towards ...
10 Oct 2023, 13:10 German chancellor Olaf Scholz and French president Emmanuel Macron held an informal meeting aimed to nurse the crucial Franco-German axis for Europe¡¯s industrial transformation on the way to climate neutrality. In Hamburg, northern ...
02 Dec 2022, 13:46 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen Tagesspiegel Background The German economy ministry (BMWK) aims to solidify targets to double the country¡¯s electrolysis capacity- which is needed to split water into hydrogen and oxygen- by 2030 by revising ...
14 Nov 2022, 13:24 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Denmark tops the latest edition of the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) by NewClimate Institute, Climate Action Network and Germanwatch, which saw Germany fall ...
The governments of Germany, Mexico, South Korea, California and several other countries and sub-national entities have pledged to intensify their cooperation on developing international carbon emissions trading, the International Carbon Action Partnership ...
The environmental movement must fight the internal combustion engine just as hard as it does diesel, Martin Unfried, expert at the European Institute of Public Administration, writes in a commentary in the tageszeitung (taz). Unfortunately, the diesel ...
24 Aug 2023, 13:16 Julian Wettengel Policy EU FAZ The European Union should focus on strengthening existing policy instruments when charting the course for climate action in the years after 2030, write researchers Brigitte Knopf and Oliver Geden in an op ...
18 May 2020, 14:08 Expert ICCT- International Council on Clean Transportation Transport Expert Institute for Applied Ecology ?ko-Institut Citizens' energy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Edgar Meza Gas Cars Focus Online / ?ko-Institut Despite ...
20 Nov 2023, 16:30 Germany will invest 4 billion euros in sustainable energy projects in Africa until 2030 to help improve the continet¡¯s role in renewable power, green hydrogen and critical raw material extraction, chancellor Olaf Scholz announced at the ...
28 May 2021, 13:46 Charlotte Nijhuis Business International Tagesschau / Wirtschaftswoche The German government has come to an agreement on the supply chain law, which aims to ensure human rights and the protection of the environment in production along ...
07 Aug 2019, 14:01 S?ren Amelang International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany has to step up its climate ambitions so Chancellor Angela Merkel doesn¡¯t travel to the UN Climate Action Summit in New York on 23 September empty-handed, according to Climate ...
27 May 2022, 13:54 S?ren Amelang International G20 & G7 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany and the United States have launched an energy partnership focused on accelerating climate action, speeding up the energy transition with new technologies, and promoting ...
13 Oct 2023, 13:26 S?ren Amelang Industry EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The EU¡¯s proposed strategy for scaling up energy transition technologies would soften environmental standards across the board, is too broad in scope, and also lacks the necessary funding,? ...
11 Oct 2017
Germany¡¯s environment ministry fears high emissions from coal-fired power plants and transport will make the country miss its 2020 climate targets by a wider margin than previously anticipated. The ministry¡¯s warning in an internal paper seen by the Clean ...
Parliamentarians from the German opposition Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Greens took aim at the government¡¯s policies pertaining to energy and the climate, and to the international context of the country¡¯s energy transition, the Energiewende. At a ...
14 Feb 2022, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ [Adds paragraph on related study about climate policy perception by science platform WPKS] The ¡°increasingly tangible¡± threat of climate change and other risks at a global scale, such as the ...
Germany¡¯s role in international climate protection demonstrates that the energy transition can be an economic success story, state secretary in the economy ministry (BMWi) Rainer Baake said at the presentation of the International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Agency¡¯s (IEA) ...
25 Oct 2021, 17:19 Developed countries have said they will deliver on their pledge to provide 100 billion US dollars per year in climate finance to support developing nations by 2023, three years later than originally planned. However, a ¡°climate finance ...
20 Jul 2020, 14:13 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f¨¹r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Government International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ ...
05 May 2023, 13:29 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ-intensive companies in Germany should receive billions of euros in state subsidies to lower their electricity costs if they promise to decarbonise and to stay within the country, economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said. ...
23 Mar 2021, 13:06 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Agora Verkehrswende Think tank on energy transition in the ...
17 Jan 2023, 13:18 Carolina Kyllmann Business Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany has slipped to one of the last places in an index ranking industrialised countries for their attractiveness as a business location, a report found. The country slipped four places to ...
22 Apr 2020, 15:09 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Institute for Applied Ecology ?ko-Institut Citizens' energy ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:03 Kerstine Appunn Climate & CO2 Cost & Prices dpa Germany¡¯s climate ministry is planning to expand the scope of the country¡¯s national CO2 price ¨C currently applicable to transport and heating fuels ¨C to emissions from waste ...
19 Jul 2022, 13:30 Industrialised countries are taking pains to convince developing nations at the 13th Petersberg Climate Dialogue that they will live up to their emission reduction and climate finance commitments despite the fallout from the Russian war ...
09 Jan 2019, 12:13 Julian Wettengel Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Climate & CO2 Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The German government supports the Dominican Republic in its preparations for a UN Security Council (UNSC) high-level open debate about the impacts of ...
20 Jan 2022, 10:22 Germany's new government must take rapid policy decisions at home and actively engage at the EU level and beyond to pave the way for urgent emission cuts in energy-intensive industry. The start of the country's government ...
19 May 2022, 12:04 Julian Wettengel EU Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ European Union countries must support each other during the current energy crisis exacerbated by Russia¡¯s war against Ukraine, said German chancellor Olaf Scholz in a government statement ...
The EU must make clear to the new US administration that ¡°transatlantic security discussions need to always include the fight against climate change¡±, at this weekend¡¯s Munich Security Conference, writes Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director of Greenpeace ...
25 May 2023, 13:26 S?ren Amelang Hydrogen International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ In cooperation with German investors, Namibia has commissioned Sub-Saharan Africa¡¯s largest green hydrogen production project. The government cabinet approved the entry into the 10 ...
Representatives of hundreds of cities from around the world meet in Bonn in the framework of the UN Climate Change Conference in the former German capital to discuss mitigation measures against global warming and other policies necessary to reduce ...
01 Mar 2021, 14:13 Expert Climate-Alliance Germany Klima-Allianz Deutschland Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Germany must phase out coal by 2030, oil and fossil gas by the early 2040s and base its energy system on renewables, ...
18 Aug 2023, 13:24 Benjamin Wehrmann Industry Government Handelsblatt / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung An internal government coalition row over a new ¡°growth opportunities act¡± is causing a stir among business leaders in Germany, newspaper Handelsblatt ...
23 Feb 2024, 13:40 Franca Quecke Company climate claims EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Following a dialogue with the European Commission and national consumer protection authorities,?Berlin-based fashion retailer?Zalando has committed to removing "misleading ...
12 Apr 2024, 14:08 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel Carbon market EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The German government should use its national experiences to support EU neighbours in ...
27 Feb 2023, 14:08 Expert BSW- German Solar Association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft Citizens' energy Electricity market Renewables Solar Business & Jobs Carolina Kyllmann Solar Business & Jobs Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Targeted immigration of ...
08 Feb 2023, 13:25 Carolina Kyllmann Industry Finance International EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The European Union should go further in its proposal to counter the U.S.¡¯s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), more than 40 business organisations, companies, think tanks ...
Germany¡¯s new environment minister, Svenja Schulze, says Germany must regain its leadership position in the international effort to reduce carbon emissions. ¡°Germany quickly has to restore its pioneering role in climate action,¡± Schulze said during her ...
15 Sep 2023, 11:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Gas Wind Freight Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Handelsblatt Germany¡¯s chancellor Olaf Scholz has unveiled plans to strengthen the country¡¯s ports to support the expansion of offshore wind power and LNG and ...
05 Oct 2022, 13:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas International Neue Osnabr¨¹cker Zeitung Some of Germany¡¯s partner countries are currently charging irrationally high prices for supplying natural gas to the country since Russia has ceased to be an import source, ...
German utilities ¡°have fallen far behind their competitors in Europe and the US,¡± according to Johannes Teyssen, CEO of German utility E.ON. The companies¡¯ meagre performance over the last decade has meant investments in research and development are lower ...
25 Nov 2022, 13:07 Carolina Kyllmann EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany should ensure there is solidarity in Europe to get through the energy crisis and be prepared for the winter 2023/24, International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Agency (IEA) head Fatih Birol said. ¡°Europe needs ...
06 Nov 2019, 13:39 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The fulfilment of US President Donald Trump's election promise to pull the country out of the Paris Climate Agreement might impress his own voters but ...
13 Dec 2022, 11:30 European countries will continue to deal with the energy crisis throughout next year, and seek sufficient gas supply on world markets while boosting renewable energy and key technologies such as heat pumps. However, the biggest climate ...
High power prices, a heavy dependency on coal power and stagnating greenhouse gas emissions mean Germany is no longer playing a leading role in the international energy transition, according to McKinsey¡¯s new global Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Transition Index, done in ...
German chancellor Angela Merkel has described the climate talks at the G7 meeting in Italy as ¡°very unsatisfying¡±. The US¡¯s reluctance to say whether it will remain in or leave the international Paris Agreement on climate protection had created a ¡°six ...
A fight over immigration policy between Germany¡¯s two conservative sister parties paralyses the work of conservative ministers in charge of energy transition policies, Nikolaus Doll, Michael Fabricius and Daniel Wetzel write in Die Welt. Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ and ...
06 Feb 2023, 13:14 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The economy ministers from France and Germany will use their planned visit to the U.S. on Tuesday (7 February) to advocate for ¡°joint green lead markets¡± for climate ...
Germany must not enter a coal exit at the expense of power supply security and industrial competitiveness, according to Andreas Pinkwart, economy minister for the west German coal mining state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), and member of the pro ...
25 Feb 2020, 14:00 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Fraunhofer ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Systems ...
The decision by US President Donald Trump to withdraw his country¡¯s support from the Paris Climate Agreement in June 2017 had outraged many commentators around the world, but the reality in many nations one year later is that they too do not seem ...
23 Sep 2019, 14:04 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom have called for "increased ambition and action by the global community" to conserve and restore tropical ...
German environment minister Svenja Schulze wants a discussion ¡°about the existing models for CO? pricing that do not put an additional burden on citizens, but still provide an incentive to reduce CO?,¡± she said in a parliamentary debate. Schulze said that ...
05 Apr 2023, 13:20 Carolina Kyllmann Transport Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The use of synthetic fuels, also known as e-fuels, is unsuitable for road transportation in the medium to long term based on current knowledge, a report by the Fraunhofer Institute for ...
A typical electric car today produces just half of the greenhouse gas emissions of an average European passenger car over its life cycle of manufacturing, fuel cycle and use, writes the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) in a review ...
12 Oct 2022, 12:08 Julian Wettengel Finance Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Financial Times / Guardian The German government is advocating a fundamental reform of the World Bank with an increased focus on the climate crisis. ¡°My goal is a World Bank which is well ...
23 Nov 2020, 13:44 Kerstine Appunn International Security dpa The government of the United States is increasing its pressure on people and companies associated with the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Russia and Germany again, reported ...
14 Jan 2021, 13:31 S?ren Amelang Hydrogen Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ In its quest for global green hydrogen leadership, Germany has launched three flagship zero-emission technology projects. Following a call for ideas, the country's research ministry said it ...
24 Jul 2023, 13:50 The criminalisation of climate protesters is intensifying all over Europe, with multiple countries considering harsh new laws. While human rights activists express concern at the crackdown, experts are divided over the impact on the ...
23 Nov 2022, 13:53 S?ren Amelang Storage Hydrogen International EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ France and Germany plan to intensify cooperation on strategically important energy transition technologies, including battery cell production and green hydrogen. ...
Germany¡¯s reputation as a climate protection leader is slipping following reports that a coalition government between the CDU/CSU and SPD would postpone the country¡¯s 2020 emissions target, Megan Darby writes in Climate Home News. ¡°Experts described a ...
China is ready to fill the void left in international climate diplomacy left by a parting USA, former World Bank vice president and current board member of the European Climate Foundation* (ECF), Caio Koch-Weser writes in a guest commentary for ...
06 Dec 2021, 13:49 With the last minister choices announced and the Greens' and Social Democrat's (SPD) party basis confirming the coalition agreement, Germany's next government is set to be elected on Wednesday, 8 December. The SPD will ...
Germany enjoys one of the highest levels of power supply security in the world, Lausitzer Rundschau reports, citing information provided by the German government in response to an enquiry by the Green Party. The country¡¯s already high level of power ...
28 Feb 2024, 13:14 The German government is aiming to introduce a 2060 target for net-negative greenhouse gas emissions, as well as intermediate targets for technical carbon sinks, as key elements of its contribution to the Paris climate targets. By the ...
04 Dec 2023, 13:50 Benjamin Wehrmann Government COP28 Der Spiegel / Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has called off a planned trip to the UN climate conference COP28, due to the ongoing budget crisis that has upset the climate ...
28 Mar 2023, 13:52 Edgar Meza Business & Jobs Digitalisation Heating Handelsblatt Germany¡¯s shift away from Russian gas, coupled with government plans to phase out fossil fuel heating systems, has led to a massive heat pump boom that is forcing the ...
An accelerated drive to phase out coal both in Europe and internationally ¨C fuelled by the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) and the emergence of the European Commission¡¯s Coal Regions in Transition Platform ¨C puts additional pressure on the EU¡¯s largest ...
21 Jun 2021, 12:25 Edgar Meza Elections & Politics Spiegel, Tagesspiegel Chancellor Angela Merkel¡¯s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) alliance is set to name few climate policy details in its joint election ...
12 Sep 2022, 13:33 S?ren Amelang Nuclear phase-out International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany will assess Switzerland¡¯s proposal to build a deep-underground nuclear waste site close to the border between the two countries, a German environment ministry ...
18 Nov 2022, 14:54 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ A major gas shortage in Germany during the coming winter has become ¡°highly unlikely,¡± the country¡¯s gas storage operator association INES has said. In a review of supply scenarios for ...
24 Mar 2023, 13:47 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Policy Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ A German strategy on carbon capture and use (CCU) or storage (CCS) ¨C the carbon management strategy which is currently being developed by the government with stakeholder input ¨C ...
30 Mar 2020, 13:53 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f¨¹r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Rachel Waldholz Climate & CO2 ...
31 Oct 2019, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / WDR The former German capital Bonn could become the venue for the next UN climate summit COP25, after the government of Chile has? said ?it has to cancel the event ...
16 Jul 2020, 13:50 Expert BASF Business & Jobs Fossil fuels Benjamin Wehrmann Cars International Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung A cooperation with Russian resource company Nornickel could stain the sustainability credentials of Europe's planned ...
16 Dec 2020, 10:18 The European Green Deal will move from words to action in 2021 and trigger a "tremendous wave of reforms" that are of key concern to German industry, says Carsten Rolle, who heads the climate and energy division at the ...
04 Nov 2022, 14:00 Carolina Kyllmann Gas International COP27 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The German government has signed two memoranda of understanding with Egypt to strengthen partnerships on liquefied natural gas (LGN) and green hydrogen. The cooperation, which ...
An internal federal government paper calls for an ¡°honest debate about possible consequences¡± from learning that the country will likely miss its 2020 greenhouse gas reduction target by a wide margin, report Klaus Stratmann and Thomas Sigmund in ...
National climate policy, in addition to international emissions trading schemes, only produces costs and does not lead to fewer emissions overall, writes economist Joachim Weimann in a guest commentary in German weekly Die Zeit. This is because excess ...
Germany and China reiterated their calls on the US administration to commit to international climate protection efforts and stay in the Paris Agreement at a climate conference in Berlin. Germany is currently trying ¡°on all levels¡± to persuade the US ...
24 May 2017, 00:00 Days before the G7 summit in Italy, foreign governments praised German Chancellor Merkel for her international leadership on climate and urged her to sway US President Donald Trump to keep the United States in the Paris Agreement. ...
08 Aug 2022, 12:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ About two thirds of 444 German small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) surveyed by the Trier University say they aim to reduce their CO2 emissions by 2030, while a ...
13 Feb 2020, 13:26 S?ren Amelang International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The EU must commit to new climate targets this spring in order to increase the chances of success at this year's crucial climate conference COP26, an alliance of German environmental ...
24 Apr 2023, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Politics rbb / taz The city of Berlin has edged a decisive step closer to a new government coalition led by the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), after the incumbent Social Democrats (SPD) gave the green light to ...
02 Jan 2019, 13:06 Expert Federal Foreign Office Ausw?rtiges Amt International Security Julian Wettengel Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Climate & CO2 Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany has assumed a two-year seat as a non-permanent member of the United ...
03 Nov 2022, 13:34 German officials have reiterated that public support for new gas projects in other countries should be possible, as long as these are in line with overall climate commitments. The comments by the government come amid sharp criticism by ...
06 Nov 2019, 14:18 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ A proactive economic policy that embraces the challenges of climate change and the energy transition and provides reliable climate policy will improve the economy's resilience ...
24 Jun 2019, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Wind International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The German Wind Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Association (BWE) has called on the government to stand by the aim of achieving net-zero emissions across Europe by 2050 and urged concrete ...
04 Dec 2020, 10:43 The use of hydrogen in transport, climate-damaging subsidies and new motorway constructions will be among the most important clean mobility topics in the run up to Germany's general elections in 2021, says Jens Hilgenberg, who ...
17 Apr 2023, 13:58 S?ren Amelang Renewables International G20 & G7 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The German government and NGOs have welcomed the first G7 commitment to concrete targets for the rollout of renewables, but environmentalists also warned that the ...
Germany can take coal plants with a combined capacity of seven gigawatts off grid- and might even improve the security of the power supply by doing so, according to an unofficial document by Germany¡¯s economy & energy ministry (BMWi) and the Federal ...
10 Sep 2021, 10:11 Once touted as the ¡°climate chancellor¡±, Germany¡¯s outgoing head of government Angela Merkel¡¯s climate leadership over her 16 years in office is now seen by many as middling. International observers commend her steadfast leadership in ...
10 May 2023, 12:23 S?ren Amelang Resources & Recycling Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany should make its landmark energy transition more crisis-resilient by increasing independence from raw materials that are needed for climate-friendly technologies ...
In 2017, at least 5.4 billion euros were spent by the German government from the federal budget on the country¡¯s energy transition, up about 20 percent from the previous year, writes the German Taxpayers Federation in a study. Four billion euros were ...
30 Jun 2021, 13:59 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Der Spiegel CO? emissions in Germany and ...
At the next UN climate conference in Poland, the German government can credibly call on the international community to put more effort into climate protection only if it successfully manages its own coal exit, write Ottmar Edenhofer and Hans Joachim ...
28 Jul 2023, 14:30 The European Union¡¯s two largest economic and industrial leaders, Germany and France, have spearheaded efforts to put the EU ahead in the global scramble for green industry leadership and decarbonisation technologies. Despite ...
The future of the internal combustion engine and car manufacturing in Germany will be central topics at the International Motor Show (IAA) 2017 in September, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her annual summer press conference in Berlin. ¡°How do ...
04 Jun 2019, 13:50 German foreign minister Heiko Maas has said that climate action is the country¡¯s new foreign policy imperative, as the security implications of its effects can already be seen across the globe. Germany aims to play a leading role in the ...
15 Oct 2021, 14:29 Three weeks after Germany¡¯s election, the country is moving one step closer towards its first three-party government coalition. Following several days of intensive preliminary talks, the Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Free ...
02 Jun 2020, 13:23 Expert ICCT- International Council on Clean Transportation Transport Expert ifo- Institute for Economic Research Institut f¨¹r Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo) Climate & CO2 Electricity market Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Cars ...
12 Jan 2024, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Adaptation Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Pressure is mounting to better protect the coasts of Germany and other North Sea countries against threats such as storm tides. Rising sea levels and increased rainfall and floods ...
21 Jan 2021, 14:14 Government officials from the European Union and Germany have welcomed the inauguration of U.S. president Joe Biden as the start of a new phase of transatlantic cooperation and an opportunity to tackle global challenges such as climate ...
07 Nov 2019, 14:26 Powering aeroplanes with renewable fuels is crucial for making flying less climate-damaging, but it will get aviation nowhere near climate neutrality, environmental NGOs, industry representatives and researchers agreed at a conference ...
14 Sep 2021, 10:00 The EU¡¯s ¡®Fit for 55¡¯ package of climate and energy legislation will be ¡°incredibly difficult¡± to get through member states and German chancellor Angela Merkel¡¯s successor must be willing to spend time, energy and diplomatic capital, ...
03 Aug 2023, 13:37 Carolina Kyllmann Hydrogen EU Handelsblatt / Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany¡¯s economy minister Robert Habeck and the European Commissioner for energy Kadri Simson have called on EU member states to join the ¡®H2 Global¡¯ initiative in a bid to ...
03 Aug 2023, 13:26 Carolina Kyllmann Industry EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / The Guardian / Reuters An EU discussion to restrict the use of health and climate-damaging chemicals could bring the bloc¡¯s energy and mobility transitions to a standstill, German ...
05 Jan 2024, 10:00 The German government must stop relying too much on giving out subsidies for climate action from 2024, and instead tackle the country¡¯s system of fossil fuel taxes, says energy analyst Andreas Schr?der from commodity intelligence ...
26 May 2020, 12:40 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Julian Wettengel Renewable Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Act | EEG 2016 Cost & Prices ...
20 Jan 2020, 13:34 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ (until 2021) Bundesministerium f¨¹r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Freja Eriksen Coal Handelsblatt Germany ...
01 Jul 2019, 13:35 Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Financial Times Environmental and development organisation Germanwatch? has said it is ¡°relieved¡° that 19 of the G20 countries at ...
19 Oct 2021, 13:42 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Die Welt / B?rsen-Zeitung / manager magazin Policymakers and energy companies in Germany have no intention to put the scheduled end to nuclear power production in ...
15 May 2020, 14:20 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Edgar Meza Climate & CO2 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The effects of climate change outside of Europe pose a much larger risk to Germany's ...
Germany¡¯s Energiewende might not be an export hit but it helps other countries questioning their own energy policy, Giorgio V. M¨¹ller writes in Swiss newspaper Neue Z¨¹rcher Zeitung (NZZ). According to? figures from the World Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Council, a majority of ...
18 Oct 2021, 13:13 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / RND Industry representatives in Germany have largely welcomed the ideas proposed by the possible next government coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and ...
26 Mar 2020, 14:03 Expert Heinrich B?ll Foundation Green policy think tank Climate & CO2 Fossil fuels Society Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Climate action tops the wish list of German citizens for their government ...
02 Feb 2023, 13:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Business & Jobs Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The announcement of a new microchip factory of U.S. semiconductor producer Wolfspeed with an investment by German automotive industry supplier ZF has been welcome by ...
17 Nov 2022, 13:27 Carolina Kyllmann Finance International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Reuters Germany hopes to start a partnership with the new Brazilian government that addresses the socio-ecological transformation of the country¡¯s national economy as a whole, ...
25 Jul 2022, 14:02 Hannah Naylor Industry Cost & Prices Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Expensive energy is forcing almost one sixth of German industrial companies to throttle production, if not halt it altogether, reveals a survey by the Association of German ...
08 Nov 2021, 17:30 With the goal to "keep 1.5¡ã within reach", many see this year's COP26 in Glasgow as the most important UN climate change conference since the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement. Industrialised countries and large emitters are ...
22 Feb 2021, 12:23 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert Alliance for Climate and Economy Stiftung KlimaWirtschaft ...
28 Feb 2023, 13:57 Benjamin Wehrmann Cars EU Bild Zeitung / Euractiv An effective ban on combustion engines in new cars in the EU by 2035 might not get the approval by Germany if it does not include a clause on allowing engines powered with ¡°climate ...
21 Jul 2023, 13:58 Jack McGovan Industry EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Die Welt Germany¡¯s largest industry decarbonisation project to date has been approved for funding by the EU Commission,? according to ?the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate ...
22 Sep 2021, 13:41 Jessica Bateman Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Cars Manager Magazin/ Handelsblatt An NGO has filed lawsuits to try and force BMW and Mercedes to stop producing internal combustion engines by 2030 at the latest. Environmental organisation ...
The Greens parliamentary group in the Bundestag has introduced a draft law that would make international climate goals and obligations, as well as the nuclear exit, binding under German Basic Law. In a plenary debate, Green group leader Anton Hofreiter ...
18 May 2022, 12:25 Julian Wettengel G20 & G7 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Development ministers of the seven leading western industrialised states (G7) are meeting in Berlin on 18-19 May to discuss the German G7 presidency¡¯s plans for so-called Just Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ ...
21 Jun 2024, 11:59 Poland is emerging from a long election cycle- from parliamentary elections last October that brought a change of government to local ballots in April, and finally the European Parliament elections earlier this month. All these bring ...
19 Jul 2023, 13:23 Julian Wettengel Society EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Policies on migration and combating climate change are the most polarising topics for people surveyed in several European countries, a report by the Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy ...
28 Jun 2019, 12:42 Freja Eriksen Climate & CO2 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The condensation trails forming behind airplanes at high altitudes do more damage to the climate than their CO2 emissions and the climate-harmful effects will triple by 2050, according ...
18 Jul 2023, 14:19 Jack McGovan Industry EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The European Commission has selected seven decarbonisation projects in Germany as part of the latest round of funding from the EU Innovation Fund. The projects eligible for the funds disbursed ...
24 Nov 2021, 16:23 The three parties planning to form the new German government have agreed on a coalition treaty that includes pulling forward the country's coal exit, "ideally" to 2030 from 2038, and rapidly speeding up the lagging ...
19 Jun 2024, 11:51 One week after the shock results for East Germany in the European elections, where populist parties made strong gains while the government coalition parties took a beating, chancellor Olaf Scholz met with state leaders from the East to ...
12 May 2022, 13:47 Benjamin Wehrmann Society G20 & G7 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Die Zeit Several major environmental groups have urged German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to step up the country¡¯s climate action efforts and make the topic a priority of the G7 ...
Insurance protection for nuclear power plants in Germany¡¯s neighbouring countries is insufficient for covering the costs of a major nuclear disaster, environmental organisation Greenpeace Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ has said in a press release. ¡°Under prevailing legal norms, ...
24 May 2019, 13:24 Expert SWP- German Institute for International and Security Affairs Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Policy International Security G20 & G7 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Technology Policy Spiegel Online The goal of becoming a ...
03 Apr 2019, 12:25 Expert dena- German Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Agency Deutsche Energie-Agentur Grid Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Technology Efficiency Julian Wettengel Energiewende International German Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Agency (dena) An international exchange of experiences ...
08 Sep 2020, 14:11 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen International S¨¹ddeutsche Zeitung The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Germany could soon enter an energy partnership that would see the central African country provide hydropower capacity to produce ...
12 Mar 2019, 14:01 Expert BDI- Federation of German Industries Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Grid International Tagesspiegel In order to achieve the best possible climate action in ...
03 Nov 2021, 12:35 Edgar Meza International COP26 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ A new survey highlighting one of the main topics at the ongoing COP26 climate conference in Glasgow shows that 91 percent of Germans are in favor of industrialised nations supporting ...
03 Jun 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Finance International WirtschaftsWoche A plan by the U.S. securities markets control authority SEC to tighten the rules for labelling financial products as sustainable could bring further trouble to German asset ...
Germany must make it easier for citizens and associations to legally challenge environmental permits, writes Michael Bauchm¨¹ller in the S¨¹ddeutsche Zeitung. Failure to implement such a reform required by EU law could lead to a substantial fine. ...
04 Mar 2022, 13:26 Julian Wettengel Society International ARD A majority of Germans support the measures governments are taking against Russia even if they lead to problems with energy supply, a survey by infratest dimap commissioned by public broadcaster ...
02 Dec 2020, 13:44 Charlotte Nijhuis Industry International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ EU member states have? reached an agreement ?on a new supply chain law, which is to hold countries and companies accountable for ensuring that social and environmental standards ...
23 Feb 2023, 13:35 Carolina Kyllmann Gas Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany is unlikely to face gas shortages next winter, the Institute for Economic Research (DIW) has said in a report. Following a halt of Russian gas deliveries into Germany in September 2022, ...
19 Dec 2023, 13:31 The German government must be on guard in 2024 to ensure it can meet its increasingly distant target of having 15 million electric cars on the road by 2030, says Wiebke Zimmer, deputy executive director of clean mobility think tank ...
05 Mar 2019, 13:58 S?ren Amelang Business & Jobs International Bloomberg Germany sounded a note of caution as energy ministers from EU member states debated a proposal to aim for net-zero emissions from the bloc by the middle of the century, reports ...
20 Jun 2022, 12:29 S?ren Amelang Cars Cost & Prices Zeit Online / Handelsblatt German finance minister Christian Lindner has called for ending government subsidies for all electric cars. ¡°We simply cannot afford misguided subsidies anymore," the ...
Germany in 2012 provided 57 billion euros in subsidies that were detrimental to the environment, of which more than 90 percent were harmful to the climate, according to a report by Federal Environment Agency (UBA). ¡°It¡¯s paradoxical: Germany commits ...
11 Feb 2020, 13:36 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert TenneT Grid operator Electricity market Grid Technology Benjamin ...
15 Apr 2019, 12:01 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Julian Wettengel Grid Agora Energiewende With the new offshore grid fee ...
Potsdam-based Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) has published a comparative study on renewable energies tender procedures in Brazil, France, Italy and South Africa. Findings show that auction prices in most countries continuously fell ...
20 Dec 2021, 10:55 The start of Germany's new government makes 2022 a crucial year for the country's landmark energy transition. All eyes are on the three-way coalition's first steps towards implementing its ambitious climate plans, which ...
25 May 2022, 13:36 S?ren Amelang Wind Security RND / Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany wants to increase international cooperation on making the Baltic Sea an important location for offshore wind generation. The country plans to use its one-year presidency of the ...
31 Jan 2020, 14:15 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International S?ren Amelang Efficiency Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany's heat pump ...
24 Aug 2022, 13:32 Edgar Meza Cars Spiegel / Automobilwoche The Volkswagen group¡¯s future CEO, Oliver Blume, who is set to take the reins at the German carmaker on 1 September, has again expressed his support for electrofuels, also known as e-fuels and ...
26 Jun 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are well positioned to play a key role in a future global hydrogen economy- but must strengthen cooperation on infrastructure projects, said ...
09 May 2023, 12:53 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Transport Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The German government must address structural obstacles to faster and more comprehensively reduce emissions across the country¡¯s economy in order to achieve international ...
Norway is aiming to eliminate sales of new internal combustion engine vehicles by 2025 and allow only electric vehicles, but such a model would be harmful to the environment in Germany, Daniel Delhaes writes in Handelsblatt. While Norway can generate most ...
06 Sep 2023, 14:00 Europe¡¯s carmakers have little to celebrate at this year¡¯s IAA mobility show. Chinese firms¡¯ widening lead in the global shift to electric vehicles is on open display at the biennial fair in Munich, while climate activists lambast ...
19 Mar 2019, 14:08 Sven Egenter Benjamin Wehrmann Cars Elections & Politics Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / S¨¹ddeutsche Zeitung Germany needs e-mobility to reach its 2030 emissions reduction targets in transport, Chancellor Angela Merkel told an audience of think ...
21 Dec 2022, 12:59 Expert Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) Bundesanstalt f¨¹r Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe Climate & CO2 Resources & Recycling Policy Edgar Meza Resources & Recycling Die Zeit / dpa The Federal ...
02 Dec 2022, 13:54 Carolina Kyllmann Fossil fuels International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany and Poland have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen their cooperation on oil supply security and to protect refineries in both countries, the German ...
19 Mar 2024, 12:45 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Finance EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / FT The EU must speed up the reform of capital market rules to help unleash private capital to ensure the resilience and technological competitiveness of the bloc, said ...
23 Mar 2020, 08:55 The United States administration, politicians and industry warily watch European Union debates on introducing a carbon border adjustment mechanism, which would put a CO? price on goods imported to the EU to reduce the risk of carbon ...
03 Nov 2017, 00:00 Negotiations at the upcoming climate conference in Bonn are about ¡°the heart of the Paris Agreement¡±, because the delegations will shape the transparency rules on how states measure and report their progress in climate mitigation, says ...
08 Mar 2023, 13:30 Julian Wettengel Gas Security NY Times / ZEIT, ARD, SWR / Dlf German defence minister Boris Pistorius has reacted cautiously to media reports that a pro-Ukrainian group could be behind the attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines ...
07 Feb 2023, 13:08 Benjamin Wehrmann Mobility EU Die Zeit / Handelsblatt The planned EU car emissions target norm, Euro 7, has come under fire from the German car industry and the country¡¯s transport minister, who argue the regulation will threaten many ...
15 Dec 2022, 13:43 Benjamin Wehrmann Grid Hydrogen Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Construction of Germany¡¯s and also Europe¡¯s first network of hydrogen pipelines are set to start this week in the country¡¯s east, the federal economy ministry and its counterpart in the ...
18 Oct 2022, 14:10 Carolina Kyllmann Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Handelsblatt Germany¡¯s economy will take a bigger hit from the energy crisis compared to other European countries, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), business ...
10 Aug 2022, 12:13 Hannah Naylor Cars Resources & Recycling Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / electrive.net The local utilities Stadtwerke Speyer and Stadtwerke Schifferstadt are planning to investigate how to source lithium from below the Rhine River in western ...
21 Jul 2022, 14:12 Edgar Meza Gas EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ German policymakers and utilities have welcomed a European Commission? proposal asking EU?member states?to?adopt?voluntary measures to reduce?gas?consumption amid fears of Russia cutting off ...
16 Jan 2023, 13:56 Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The German energy crisis has not ended yet, but has become ¡°manageable¡± to a point where the government is confident it could be overcome for good by 2024, economy and climate minister ...
20 Dec 2019, 14:28 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Energiewende Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The government¡¯s recently adopted comprehensive climate package will have little effect on the Germany economy in 2020, says Deutsche Bank Research in its outlook for the ...
23 Oct 2023, 13:22 Julian Wettengel Elections & Politics Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Table.Media Several formerly leading politicians from Germany's Die Linke (The Left) party have split off with the aim to found a new political party in the coming ...
22 Dec 2016, 00:00 2017 will be a year filled with a multitude of seminal events for Germany's energy and climate policy. Apart from presiding over the next G20 summit, Germany will be the venue for the UN's COP23 and see legal reforms of ...
09 Dec 2022, 13:52 Julian Wettengel Carbon removal Table.Media / Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ In a bid to achieve its climate targets, the German government aims to bet more strongly and more quickly than previously thought on the controversial technologies of ...
12 Jun 2023, 13:50 S?ren Amelang Transport EU ntv Germany¡¯s government coalition disagrees about the EU Commission¡¯s proposal to tighten vehicle emission limits with the so-called Euro 7 regulation. Green environment minister Steffi Lemke urged for the ...
12 Jun 2023, 13:41 Julian Wettengel Policy Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany¡¯s government will present the long-awaited National Security Strategy on Wednesday (14 June), with critical raw materials as one focus, said chancellor Olaf Scholz at the East ...
08 Feb 2021, 13:27 Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Act | EEG 2014 Policy Charlotte Nijhuis Elections & Politics ZEIT online / Tagesspiegel The German Social Democrats (SPD) want to put ...
15 Jul 2022, 13:35 Julian Wettengel Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Tagesspiegel Background The European Commission has given the greenlight for a German government scheme supporting energy intensive industries grappling with the rise in prices exacerbated ...
15 Mar 2023, 13:22 A slight reduction of German greenhouse gas emissions last year is not enough to put the country on track to reaching its 2030 climate target. The country would have to triple the annual reduction from 2 percent in 2022 to 6 percent ...
05 Feb 2021, 13:38 Benjamin Wehrmann Business & Jobs Resources & Recycling Der Tagesspiegel / Tagesschau German development cooperation minister Gerd M¨¹ller said lobby groups prevent the strengthening of sustainability and climate action chapters ...
16 May 2019, 13:57 Expert Ecologic Institute Energiewende Policy International Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The current emissions reduction and energy transition plans by all of the 28 EU member states do not ...
The chief of Chancellor Angela Merkel¡¯s chancellery, Peter Altmaier, has said that while Germany is intent on meeting its 2020 emissions-reduction goals, it was not clear it would succeed. ¡°We don¡¯t know if we¡¯ll make it,¡± Altmaier said at the debate ...
24 Jan 2024, 13:09 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Industry EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Greening Europe¡¯s industrial base, ensuring resilient clean-tech value chains and setting up a new EU climate fund should be among the priorities of the next European ...
24 Nov 2017, 00:00 For the first time in its post-war history, Germany struggles to form a stable government coalition two months after voters cast their ballot in September's elections. The so-called Jamaica coalition talks' collapse plunges ...
08 Jun 2023, 13:54 Expert Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA) Bundesnetzagentur Electricity market Grid Cost & Prices Benjamin Wehrmann Gas Security Hamburger Abendblatt The energy crisis in ...
21 Nov 2022, 10:32 It remains virtually impossible to make truly "climate neutral" products in a modern economy, despite the rapid increase of such labels, says Susanne Spies of Germany's Federal Environment Agency (UBA). Entirely ...
07 Jun 2023, 11:47 Julian Wettengel Gas Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ It is unclear whether and to what extent conventional fracking ¨C a controversial gas extraction method currently banned in Germany ¨C could make a contribution to supply security in the ...
08 Feb 2022, 14:44 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Focus Online E.ON objects to a study arguing the German utility and many other large companies fall short of their net-zero carbon promises, news website Focus Online reported. The ...
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17 Mar 2016, 00:00 Kerstine Appunn Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Federal Environment Agency (UBA) Emissions data 2015 ¨C 6 million tonnes more?CO2 2015 has seen a slight increase in greenhouse gas emissions, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) reports. According ...
16 Jul 2021, 13:04 Edgar Meza Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany and the U.S. have entered a partnership aimed at strengthening climate ambition and deepening the countries¡¯ collaboration on policies and sustainable ...
02 Jun 2023, 13:29 Julian Wettengel Wind EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The governments of Denmark and Germany have signed a legally binding cooperation agreement for a joint offshore wind power project on the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm, the economy ...
18 Jul 2022, 13:11 Hannah Naylor Renewables Wind Mitteldeutsche Zeitung Despite the German government¡¯s efforts to increase onshore wind power, in the first half of 2022 there has been a loss of wind turbines by dismantling of the infrastructure in the ...
25 Feb 2022, 13:50 Germany will safely get through this winter even if Russia cuts of energy supplies, the country's economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has said. In order to prevent future supply shocks and reduce dependence on Russia, the ...
17 Jan 2020, 13:48 Expert Green Party B¨¹ndnis 90/ Die Gr¨¹nen Renewable Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Act | EEG 2014 Policy Expert SPD- Social Democratic Party Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Renewable Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Act | EEG 2014 Policy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 ...
28 Feb 2020, 13:45 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Expert DUH- Environmental Action Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe Climate ...
22 Apr 2022, 12:37 S?ren Amelang Cars Company climate claims Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The Volkswagen Group aims to cut CO2?emissions from car production much faster than previously planned. The world's second largest carmaker raised its targets for 2030 ...
23 Feb 2022, 10:15 Germany has put the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline project on hold in reaction to Russian aggression against Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz ordered the economy ministry to halt the certification process for the already completed ...
15 Nov 2023, 16:26 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 COP28 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Geopolitical conflicts like those in Ukraine or the Middle East may force the climate crisis off newspapers¡¯ front pages, but the upcoming UN COP28 talks are still crucial, ...
14 Nov 2022, 12:12 Edgar Meza Finance Tagesspiegel Background / Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Politico Parliamentarians from Germany's ruling parties SPD, FDP and the Greens? have announced an agreement for the country to leave the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Charter Treaty (ECT) ...
13 Jul 2022, 11:48 Hannah Naylor Gas EU Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Climate ministers Robert Habeck and Leonore Gewessler of Germany and Austria, respectively, said European solidarity is ¡°more important than ever¡± amid the ongoing gas crisis in Europe, ...
17 Feb 2023, 13:05 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Business & Jobs Policy Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ A government-sponsored "renaissance of Europe's solar industry" is needed to ensure secure access to resources and hardware components that are ...
03 Feb 2020, 13:46 Expert BMWi- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ (until 2021) Bundesministerium f¨¹r Wirtschaft und Energie Renewable Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Act | EEG 2014 Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Policy Julian Wettengel Cost & Prices ...
08 Sep 2022, 13:43 Julian Wettengel Business & Jobs Cost & Prices Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The German government will expand state support for businesses faced with rising energy prices ahead of the coming winter, economy and climate minister Robert ...
22 Dec 2022, 09:12 Hungary¡¯s climate movement is struggling to build on the earlier success of the country's Fridays for Future student protests to make their voices heard. Nonetheless, many activists believe that spectacular acts of civil ...
13 Dec 2022, 13:46 Julian Wettengel Fossil fuels Gas International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ An alliance of civil society organisations including Fridays for Future, Germanwatch and Misereor? has called on the government ?to abandon plans to support natural gas ...
27 Jun 2019, 10:20 Germany¡¯s engineering prowess and excellent support programmes have spawned a world-leading scene of start-ups dedicated to pushing the energy transition with innovative ideas, according to start-up expert Klaus Fichter. There are ...
07 Jun 2022, 13:12 Julian Wettengel EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Reuters Environmental NGOs from Germany are among the lobby groups making last-minute efforts to influence European Union lawmakers, who are scheduled to vote on key elements of the bloc¡¯s future ...
24 Jun 2022, 13:24 Kerstine Appunn Cars Deutschlandfunk Environment minister Steffi Lemke (Green Party) remains optimistic that Germany¡¯s government cabinet will find a common line on the ban of internal combustion engine cars in the EU, despite recent ...
06 Dec 2022, 13:34 Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen International S¨¹ddeutsche Zeitung? A large green hydrogen production project currently planned in the southern African state of Namibia aimed at supplying Germany¡¯s industry with the fuel has led the German ...
20 Mar 2017, 00:00 Germany aims to use a large international energy conference in Berlin to inject fresh momentum and ideas into the G20 process in the run up to the Hamburg summit in July. The Berlin Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Transition Dialogue ¨C a two-day conference on ...
09 Mar 2022, 13:32 S?ren Amelang Coal Gas International General-Anzeiger Europe could manage to stop Russian energy imports by using more coal for power production in the short term, said the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ...
14 Sep 2021, 12:55 Benjamin Wehrmann Elections & Politics Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ In a televised debate following on that of Germany¡¯s three chancellor candidates, the four smaller parties in the country¡¯s parliament have traded blows over the course of ...
19 Aug 2019, 12:59 Expert Agora Energiewende Think tank on German, European and international climate and energy policy Climate & CO2 Electricity market Energiewende International Freja Eriksen Renewables Renewable Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Act | EEG 2016 Clean Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ ...
20 Mar 2023, 17:27 Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The world is on track to surpassing the crucial target of limiting global warming to 1.5¡ãC and should prepare accordingly, said Oliver Geden, senior fellow at the German Institute for ...
09 May 2023, 13:10 Benjamin Wehrmann Wind Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ German energy policy in the Baltic Sea region has been a major failure that will now have to be corrected through a rigorous pivot towards offshore wind power, foreign minister Annalena ...
09 May 2023, 12:54 Julian Wettengel Society EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ European governments must ensure that no one is left behind during the move towards a climate-neutral future, said German chancellor Olaf Scholz in a? speech in the European Parliament, ...
06 Nov 2017, 00:00 The UNFCCC conference in Bonn needs to see more states make ambitious climate mitigation pledges, Sabine Nallinger, Managing Director of the Foundation 2¡ã- German Businesses for Climate Protection, tells Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ. The outcome could spur the ...
30 Nov 2022, 13:18 Julian Wettengel Gas International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Reuters / Tagesspiegel Background Chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed two contracts that are set to supply Germany with liquefied natural gas (LNG) for a duration of at least 15 ...
10 Jun 2020, 12:15 Extreme droughts and prolonged heat waves have significantly raised awareness of climate change dangers in Germany in the past years. And the changing weather patterns are also having a huge impact on the country's environment, as ...
04 May 2023, 12:04 Julian Wettengel Gas EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The European Union can cut its fossil gas use in half by 2030 and fully exit the fuel by 2050?while maintaining supply security and industrial production at today¡¯s levels without disruptive ...
19 Jun 2018, 18:10 In her speech at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for more ambitious global climate action and multilateral cooperation. At international level, it will be important to develop a rulebook for the ...
20 Dec 2018, 09:06 The weak and fragile German government is unlikely to implement the drastic measures needed for a speedy coal exit, regardless of the coal commission 's proposals due early next year, according to energy policy reseacher Claudia ...
19 Dec 2018, 13:49 EU institutions have agreed on new rules for the internal electricity market, including capacity mechanisms, coal subsidies, cross-border power flows and access for more market actors who are free to set their own prices. The German ...
06 Oct 2020, 13:03 Benjamin Wehrmann International Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ German defence minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has said the country's military needs to better adapt to the challenges posed by climate change and improve its equipment ...
15 Nov 2021, 12:10 The UN climate summit COP26 in Glasgow has heralded in the end of the fossil fuel era, said German environment minister Svenja Schulze shortly after the conference. However, not everyone saw the two-week meeting?in a similarly positive ...
19 Oct 2023, 13:46 The EU member states' agreement on reforming the bloc's electricity market has been hailed as a success from ministers in France and Germany, whose dispute over the role of nuclear power in European climate action has ...
29 Nov 2018, 12:35 The rise of populism and unilateralists like US President Donald Trump increasingly challenge the rules-based international order and put global climate action as pledged in the Paris Agreement at risk. Still, a changing mind-set in ...
08 Feb 2022, 14:48 Jessica Bateman Climate & CO2 International Die Zeit The EU¡¯s Africa summit in mid-February is an ideal opportunity for Germany to look at how it can better support the continent in adapting to climate change, Olumide Abimbola, ...
14 Nov 2022, 13:20 Julian Wettengel Finance International Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ / Deutsche Welle The G7¡¯s strong economies have launched a scheme to quickly provide financial support to countries most vulnerable to climate risks in case of a disaster ¨C the ...
07 Sep 2017, 00:00 Germany must urgently step up its CO2 reduction efforts immediately after the upcoming elections if it wants to prevent a spectacular miss of its 2020 climate targets, according to think tank Agora Energiewende. Instead of reducing ...
08 Jul 2017, 00:00 Nineteen members of the G20 group of leading industrialised and emerging economies underscored their commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, leaving the United States isolated. The US also was the only country to opt-out of a first ...
15 Dec 2023, 11:31 Industry and grid investments must be at the heart of the follow-up to the landmark European Green Deal policy package after the 2024 EU elections, says Bas Eickhout, member of the European Parliament. The results of the vote will shape ...
20 Oct 2023, 13:25 The German government has been urged to quickly devise a plan on how to regulate and manage the start of the European Union carbon emissions trading system for transport and heating fuels in 2027. Measures need to be put in place to ...
29 Apr 2022, 13:14 Kerstine Appunn Security Tagesspiegel / Der Spiegel Russia¡¯s Gazprom bank has for the first time refused to accept a payment in euros from a German gas trader. Trading company and former Gazprom subsidiary Gazprom Marketing & ...
02 May 2022, 13:38 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels International Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany has said it will support an embargo on Russian oil imports if the EU member states agree on it. Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has? confirmed ?that ...
23 Nov 2022, 14:07 S?ren Amelang Business & Jobs Policy Society Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ An alliance of environmental NGOs and an industry union have called on the German government to launch an investment initiative to the tune of 100 billion euros per year ...
23 May 2019, 12:20 Expert UBA- Federal Environment Agency Umweltbundesamt Climate & CO2 Citizens' energy Julian Wettengel Climate & CO2 Business & Jobs Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The impact of global climate change in Germany will be felt less ...
07 Dec 2018, 13:29 Expert CDU- Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Policy Elections & Politics Julian Wettengel Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Climate & CO2 Politics Elections & Politics Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ German chancellor Angela ...
22 May 2019, 13:23 Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ A group of more than 1,000 companies from Germany has joined the appeal by student protest movement Fridays for Future (FfF) for greater climate action efforts. Under the label ...
28 Jun 2018, 16:17 The German government¡¯s Energiewende advisors say the country must put much greater emphasis on the project¡¯s European dimension to achieve the shift to renewables and the necessary emissions reduction during the next decade. The group ...
The agreement by the United Nation¡¯s (UN) International Maritime Organization (IMO) to cut carbon emissions in shipping comes late and is not very ambitious, writes Andreas Mihm in an opinion piece in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. ¡°However, compared to ...
13 Apr 2023, 13:08 Edgar Meza Gas Security Zeit Online As the German government follows through with its plan to shut down its last remaining nuclear power plants for good, the country¡¯s energy sector is calling for the construction of new hydrogen-ready ...
11 Oct 2023, 13:35 Benjamin Wehrmann Nuclear phase-out EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ France and Germany could soon agree on a reform of the EU electricity market, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz have said after their meeting in ...
03 May 2022, 13:59 Kerstine Appunn Agriculture Hydrogen Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany and India have signed a declaration of intent on a "Partnership for Green and Sustainable Development" which will include German support for reforestation in India ...
23 Dec 2022, 14:20 The German government coalition under chancellor Olaf Scholz looks back at a turbulent first year in office, which has been dominated by the reality check of Russia¡¯s war on Ukraine and the European energy crisis. The turmoil in global ...
24 Sep 2019, 13:45 Expert E3G Third Generation Environmentalism Non-profit organisation for policy transformation Climate & CO2 Finance Policy Expert Germanwatch Climate & CO2 Expert Oxfam Germany Climate & CO2 COP21 Freja Eriksen Climate & ...
20 Jan 2021, 13:29 Expert BMEL- Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (until 2025) Agriculture Kerstine Appunn Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Agriculture EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany¡¯s agriculture ministry is pushing for a carbon adjustment mechanism at EU ...
01 Jul 2020, 13:15 Julian Wettengel Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Gas International Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ German government officials, MPs and experts have criticised U.S. plans to tighten sanctions on the contentious natural gas pipeline project Nord ...
21 Apr 2022, 13:49 S?ren Amelang Transport Freight A combination of road and rail transport is the freight rail segment with greatest growth potential in Germany and the EU, according to a? report ?by German industry association BDI. "This is why it ...
20 Aug 2021, 13:33 S?ren Amelang Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Climate & CO2 Cities Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The city of Berlin has significantly stepped up its climate ambitions. The city state's parliament? agreed ?to reduce CO2?emissions by at least 70 ...
04 Oct 2023, 13:19 Jack McGovan Renewables Policy EU Handelsblatt The EU is responding to the expansion of the Chinese wind industry by developing a plan to make the domestic industry more competitive, EU Commission sources told business daily ...
06 Dec 2022, 13:46 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf?lisches Elektrizit?tswerk AG Utilities Benjamin Wehrmann Hydrogen EU Handelsblatt Excessive EU regulation is stalling the development of competitive hydrogen infrastructure in Europe, the head of Germany¡¯s ...
17 Aug 2022, 14:01 Benjamin Wehrmann Society Security Handelsblatt / Bild-Zeitung Russia¡¯s government is actively trying to exploit Germany¡¯s current energy supply crisis by sowing division and spreading disinformation, security agencies in Germany have ...
21 Sep 2021, 14:04 The German state secretary in the environment ministry, Jochen Flasbarth, has called on wealthy nations to do more on climate finance and come up with a plan to reach the target of mobilising 100 billion U.S. dollars per year for ...
30 Mar 2023, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Renewables EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ German economy minister Robert Habeck has welcomed a deal among EU institutions to raise the target share of renewable energy in the bloc¡¯s overall energy consumption. ¡°Today's ...
02 Oct 2023, 13:38 S?ren Amelang Business & Jobs EU Tagesspiegel Background / taz / Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ German companies have complained about highly complicated reporting obligations and a lack of preparation time for the start of the EU¡¯s first phase ...
02 Oct 2023, 13:31 Benjamin Wehrmann Solar Policy EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Solar PV companies and several German states have agreed on a 10-point action plan to protect and strengthen the country¡¯s solar power industry in order to ensure the planned large ...
02 Dec 2021, 13:36 Expert RWE AG Rheinisch-Westf?lisches Elektrizit?tswerk AG Utilities Charlotte Nijhuis Wind Tagesspiegel Background / Der Spiegel German utility RWE has been awarded the contract by the Danish government to build a large-scale wind farm ...
28 Mar 2023, 11:36 Julian Wettengel Hydrogen EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The governments of Germany and the Netherlands have agreed on closer cooperation to connect their respective hydrogen pipeline networks in the future, they said in a joint statement. ¡°We ...
05 Nov 2019, 13:52 Expert BMU- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (until 2025) Bundesministerium f¨¹r Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Climate & CO2 Policy Benjamin Wehrmann Climate & CO2 ...
27 Mar 2023, 14:01 Julian Wettengel Cars EU Handelsblatt / Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ The deal between Germany and the European Commission to allow new combustion engine cars after 2035 ¨C if they run exclusively on e-fuels ¨C could upset politicians¡¯ climate policy ...
29 Oct 2020, 17:50 The German car industry has committed to climate-neutral mobility by 2050 for the first time, but continues to reject a sole focus on electric mobility. Following a fierce quarrel within the lobby group, industry association VDA said ...
28 Mar 2022, 14:25 Kerstine Appunn Fossil fuels International Security Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ After a meeting with his G7 counterparts, German economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said on Monday (28 March) that Putin's demand to only receive payment ...
The German government excels in setting climate goals and demonstrating goodwill internationally, but gets nothing done at home, Joachim Wille says in an opinion piece for Frankfurter Rundschau. ¡°Ex-climate pioneer Germany keeps heating up the planet and ...
04 Dec 2018, 15:27 S?ren Amelang Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Climate & CO2 International Germany's National Meteorological Service (DWD) 2018 could be Germany¡¯s warmest, driest and sunniest year since weather records began in 1881, writes the Germany& ...
06 Apr 2022, 13:09 S?ren Amelang Gas Hydrogen Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany must accelerate the ramp-up of a hydrogen economy in response to Russia's aggressions to secure and diversify its energy supply, according to the hydrogen council (NWR), which ...
03 Aug 2022, 14:52 Edgar Meza Gas International S¨¹ddeutsche Zeitung As concern over dwindling Russian gas supplies rises, Germany is looking increasingly towards Africa for new sources of energy. Skyrocketing gas prices around the world are creating ...
17 Jan 2024, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Society Elections & Politics EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ For people in France, Denmark and Switzerland, climate change is the most important of five major crises which Europeans say have changed the way they look at the ...
21 Mar 2023, 13:46 Edgar Meza Industry EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Germany¡¯s Institute for Economic Research (ifo) has urged the European Union to refrain from further debt-financed subsidies as a response to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). "The EU ...
21 Mar 2023, 13:33 Julian Wettengel Society EU Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Two-thirds of the people in Europe (66%) support stricter government measures to change people¡¯s individual behaviour to tackle climate change, according to the second part of the European ...
